Ma'am; ....So it would seem that you celebrate this financial debacle because it is bringing down economies around the world....Okay, if  National Capitalism does not work; and International Capitalism does not work, what is left??? .. Will we have Galactic Capitalism??? Making our problems international is not the cure to the absolute and unavoidable problems of Capitalism... The thing does not work... It may work one place... We have heard nothing about an Israeli stimulus package.... We have heard nothing of their banks failing.... How is their economy doing??? Clearly, there is one nation of people in this world who know how to manage their affairs... What ever they are doing we should all do.... Look at them...They might fight, and they certainly kill; but they do not go around the world to fight.... They might start wars, but it is not to finish them... Have they ever finished a war??? No...  Eternal war is the goal, but that does not mean it should always be kept hot... We have broke ourselves, when we most need our money, to have war with a greater chance of turning into a world wide conflict than ever before... Was this smart??? Would the Jews do that??? What would Jesus do??? Would he have used all his cash betting on empire??? Would Jesus have bet on International Capitalism???To exploit the third world we have become the third world... Who has gained??? Look around you in the midst of poverty, and see who has the cash....Wealth is easier to hide than poverty, so the task is not easy... The government is broke...The people are broke... Some one has the money; and it is not the people... Should the rich not pay for their own recovery; because the best situation they can manage only puts us right back before the crack-up with no more power than before to avert disaster.... I am glad you can find some humor in all this breakdown... Even when the economy was doing its best, the government  could not provide basic services.... If it bought bullets it could not afford beans... If it bought the police, it could not afford firemen...It does not take a formal education to see that  if capitalism can only work on credit it cannot work...If Capitalism cannot work -and pay taxes to support government, it does not work.... High profits throws people on the street...High profits denies health insurance... High profits denies today the education the work force of tomorrow needs.... So what is left to the people but higher profits still; because until the people are entirely ruined they will have hope....This nation is so hopeful, we will have to eat our dogs before we understand that the thing does not work... What will it take to get you to realize that fact???Thanks...Sweeney

Yup, the big mistake of the Europeans was to follow the American lead, which they did despite all their big talk.